To determine the reliability of an objective measure of pain, agitation and sedation using the Neonatal Pain, Agitation and Sedation Scale (N-PASS) compared with nursing bedside assessment. The ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- In geriatric medicine, the adage that age is just a number holds true. New research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center uses a simple assessment tool to determine how well ...

Bedside cardiac assessment (BCA) involves gathering a patient's medical history, performing a physical examination, and determining the need for diagnostic testing. Physicians integrate this ...

The assessment of a patient’s body fluid status is a challenging task for modern clinicians. Ultrasonography has numerous advantages, the most important being reproducibility and bedside monitoring of ...

Successfully treating chronic pain is challenging, as patients respond heterogeneously to analgesic treatments. Such variation in response can be attributed to differing underlying pain-generating ...

The concussion test, which shows results after 15 minutes, can help evaluate patients up to 24 hours after injury, company says. The FDA has approved Abbott’s i-STAT TBI cartridge to use with whole ...

It’s game time for Abbott Laboratories’ 15-minute concussion test now that FDA clearance is in hand. The I-Stat traumatic brain injury cartridge uses whole blood, allowing bedside assessment of ...